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HVAC and plumbing companies in Umatilla County, OR

How Umatilla County, OR compares with other counties and the U.S. for HVAC and plumbing companies: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 52 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #786 of 1,707 scored counties
#13 of 26 scored counties in Oregon

Listings
17
0 chain locations (0%)
Official establishments
20
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$74.2M
On home repairs, maintenance and insurance · $2,586 a household
Spending per listing
$4.4M
8% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
5.9
6% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
81,119
+1.5% since 2020

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Survey estimates 2020–2024 · population estimates 2025 · official business counts 2023 · map listings September 2026 · Data credits · How we measure

What this means

As of September 2026, map listings count 17 HVAC and plumbing companies in Umatilla County. None of them are chain locations, against 4% across the U.S. That comes to 5.9 for every 10,000 households, 6% below the U.S. rate of 6.3.

At $2,586 per household (14% below the U.S. average), households in Umatilla County spend about $74.2M a year on home repairs, maintenance and insurance. Spread across 17 HVAC and plumbing companies, that is $4.4M per company, 8% below the U.S. figure of $4.8M. That spending covers all home repairs, maintenance and insurance, which HVAC and plumbing companies share with other businesses in the trade.

The official count of businesses with payroll classed as plumbing, heating and air-conditioning contractors in Umatilla County was 20 in 2023. That is one for every 1,435 households, against one for every 1,162 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $50K has gone to businesses classed as plumbing, heating and air-conditioning contractors in Umatilla County.

Population estimates put the population change in Umatilla County from 2020 to 2025 at +1.5%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). For HVAC and plumbing companies, Umatilla County has a Groundwork market score of 52 (upper middle): #786 of 1,707 scored counties and #13 of 26 scored counties in Oregon.

How Umatilla County compares

The same measures for Oregon and the whole U.S. Spending per listing divides a year of household spending on all home repairs, maintenance and insurance by the HVAC and plumbing companies counted, so it measures the demand for each competitor, not any business’s revenue. Households per establishment does the same with the official count.

HVAC and plumbing in Umatilla County, OR compared with Oregon and the U.S.
MeasureUmatilla CountyOregonU.S.
Listings per 10k households5.95.46.3
Spending per listing$4.4M$5.3M$4.8M
Households per official establishment1,4351,2851,162
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+8.3%+7.6%
Population growth, 2020–2025+1.5%+0.7%+3.1%
Spending per household on home repairs, maintenance and insurance$2,586$2,907$3,018
Median household income$67,728$83,011$80,734
Groundwork market score5258

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
18 → 20
Employees, 2023
118
Annual payroll, 2023
$7.5M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
170 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
16The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
1
Amount
$50K

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as plumbing, heating and air-conditioning contractors in Umatilla County, through June 2026, placed by the borrower’s ZIP code. Official establishments are businesses with payroll; the official counts leave out places with fewer than 3.

Population and households in Umatilla County

Population, 2025 estimate
81,119+1.5% since 2020
Households
28,707
Median age
37.5
Homes lived in by their owners
68%
Vehicles per household
2.2
Land area
3,215 sq. mi.
People per square mile
25
Median household income
$67,728+23.8% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$86,272
Median home value
$282,600
Jobs located here
32,108
Daytime population
77,707Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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HVAC and plumbing across Oregon

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The highest-scoring counties in Oregon for HVAC and plumbing companies, numbered among those based in Oregon, with Umatilla County marked.

Top counties in Oregon

Counties in Oregon ranked for HVAC and plumbing companies by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Benton County, OR84153.9$7.3M+4.4%#30 of 1,707
2Washington County, OR791185.0$6.6M+1.8%#72 of 1,707
3Multnomah County, OR731514.3$7.1M−2.6%#147 of 1,707
4Marion County, OR70584.6$6M+2.7%#205 of 1,707
5Columbia County, OR69115.3$5.3M+2.6%#237 of 1,707
6Polk County, OR66154.5$6.3M+2.3%#289 of 1,707
7Crook County, OR6654.6$6.2M+10.6%#294 of 1,707
8Yamhill County, OR66205.1$5.7M+2.2%#299 of 1,707
9Lane County, OR61714.4$5.9M−0.7%#450 of 1,707
10Malheur County, OR5954.9$4.9M+1.9%#534 of 1,707
13Umatilla County, OR52175.9$4.4M+1.5%#786 of 1,707

Other business types in Umatilla County

Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.

Questions

How many HVAC and plumbing companies are in Umatilla County, OR?

Umatilla County has 17 HVAC and plumbing companies on map listings as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations. The listings count heating and air-conditioning companies and plumbers. Official counts show 20 businesses with payroll classed as plumbing, heating and air-conditioning contractors in 2023.

How much do households in Umatilla County, OR spend on home repairs, maintenance and insurance?

About $74.2M a year, or $2,586 per household. That is 14% below the U.S. average (an index of 86, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 17 HVAC and plumbing companies on map listings, it comes to $4.4M per company. The spending figure covers all home repairs, maintenance and insurance, not only HVAC and plumbing companies. It is estimated from the incomes of the 28,707 households in Umatilla County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Umatilla County, OR compare with the U.S. for HVAC and plumbing companies?

Umatilla County has 5.9 HVAC and plumbing companies per 10,000 households, 6% below the U.S. rate of 6.3. Spending per company is $4.4M, 8% below the U.S. figure of $4.8M. At the national ratio of HVAC and plumbing companies to household spending, Umatilla County would have about 16, against 17 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,435 households, against one for every 1,162 across the U.S.

How fast is Umatilla County, OR growing?

Population estimates put Umatilla County at 81,119 people in 2025, up 1.5% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 28,707 households. The median household income in Umatilla County is $67,728 a year, 16% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 23.8% from the 2015–2019 survey, before inflation.

What is the Groundwork market score?

The Groundwork market score runs from 0 to 100 and compares a market with others of its kind for one business type: states with states, metro areas with metro areas, small-town markets and counties with their own. It weighs household spending per competitor (35%), households per business with payroll (25%), population growth (20%) and spending power (20%), each ranked against those peers. A higher score means that, taken together, the market has more household spending and more households for each business already there, faster population growth and more spending per household than similar markets. It describes a market, not any one site or deal. Umatilla County scores 52 for HVAC and plumbing companies (upper middle), #786 of 1,707 scored counties.

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How the score works · Top markets for HVAC and plumbing companies · All 56 business types in Umatilla County

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